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Hacking the PSP: Cool Hacks, Mods, and Customizations for the SonyPlayStationPortable (ExtremeTech) | 
 enlarge | Author: Auri Rahimzadeh
Publisher: Wiley
Category: Book
List Price: $29.99
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Rating:  20 reviews
Sales Rank: 74984
Media: Paperback
Edition: 2
Pages: 378
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3
Dimensions (in): 9.2 x 7.3 x 1.1
ISBN: 0470104511
Dewey Decimal Number: 794.81526
EAN: 9780470104514
ASIN: 0470104511
Publication Date: October 30, 2006
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Product Description
We're not just playing games. You love your PSP. You loved the first edition of this book. If you're ready for more fun, here it is. Check out: Networking hacks that let you IM and speed up multiplayer game action. Awesome audio, video, and image hacks. Game hacks that let you use a single UMD cartridge for multiplayer games. The ever-popular homebrew applications, with secrets for sneaking them past the firmware. We're taking playtime to a whole new level. Let the fun begin with complete instructions on how to do all this and more with your PSP, including: - Speeding up Web surfing.
- Getting maximum quality when moving video or audio to your PSP.
- Using your PSP like an iPod.
- Transfering DVDs to your PSP.
- Getting more power.
- Playing multiplayer games with a single UMD.
- Writing homebrew apps, even if you've never programmed before.
- Learning to fool, and even downgrade, your firmware.
- Running Linux and Windows.
Visit hackingpsp.com to post your questions on the author's forum, download any files you need, get updates to the book, and check out new hacks the moment they're available.
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Get ready to make the most of Sony's awesome entertainment device, and hacker's dream - the PSP. Hacking the PSP covers everything you need to know to: Transfer video and DVDs to your PSP Transfer audiobooks and text Hack the games you play every day (including using the PSP as an XBox game save device) Move your TiVo and ReplayTV shows to your PSP Convert your DVDs to run on your PSP Create your own quick-charge battery packs Learn how to program the PSP Repair your PSP Create your own hacks and run homebrew software Find all the online and offline resources you need And much more!
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| Customer Reviews: Read 15 more reviews...
 One caveat January 4, 2008
Stefan Kuhle (Edmonton, Canada)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
At the time of the writing of this review, there is no hack to downgrade PSP firmware V2.81 or higher. Downgrading your PSP's firmware is essential for many (but not all) of the hacks provided in the book; e.g. running homebrew software won't work under V2.81+.
PSP firmware V2.81 was, I believe, released in the fall of 2006. The current version is V3.80. Thus, if you bought your PSP only recently, you may not be able to use a lot of the stuff in the book unless a hack for the newer versions becomes available.
 tech book March 29, 2007
D. J. Bodosky
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
This is a good book, but it is not from folks who are not techies
Lots of interesteing info. March 19, 2007
Rob G. (Indianapolis, IN United States)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Even if you think you know it all, you're bound to learn something here. Some of the info is pretty basic, but there's a lot of stuff I didn't know you could do. There's also interesting mod projects and whatnot. The only drawback is just the nature of print media in a constantly evolving area like this (example, the firmware roll back stuff has changed a lot in the past few months.) Still a recommended book for PSP fans.
Not for programmers March 14, 2007
impitbosshereonlevel2 (Merced)
11 out of 13 found this review helpful
Despite the obvious reference to programming in the title (alas, the term "hacking" has been used for much less worthwhile pursuits lately), the book contains very little with respect to writing applications for PSP. Instead, it's largely devoted to electronic and aesthetic "hacks" - like making a PSP holder for your car.
The book barely touches on development, only mentioning the toolkit and a few installation steps, which makes its title a lot less meaningful.
 Nice reference. Cheap price. March 8, 2007
Victor Hugo Valdez Soto (Mexico, GDL)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
You can find many useful tricks and guides to learn about your PSP.
One of the most useful is to learn how to disassemble it.
There's a battery charger, and other nice stuff you may not be aware of. Some of the chapters fall on useless tips but...whatever...and also...with the fact that homebrew software has been even more restricted with every firmware upgrade, 3 chapters are just now useless. Unless our dearly hackers find a way to reverse these features :). Anyway if you can pay less than 15 go for it.
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